Here’s where notable sit-ins began in the South over the first few months of 1960: The old Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter has been preserved at the International Civil Rights Center and ...
On the afternoon of February 1, 1960, four college freshmen walked up to the lunch counter of a Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and changed the course of history. Joseph ...
Greensboro, North Carolina marked the 65th anniversary of the sit-ins at a Woolworth lunch counter that sparked a national ...
Two events on Tuesday will honor local high school students who organized a sit-in 65 years ago during the Civil Rights Movement to end legalized segregation in public accommodations. The 26 students, ...
Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...
On Feb. 1, 1960, in Greensboro, North Carolina, four Black college students spark a nationwide civil rights movement by ...
February is Black History Month, an appropriate time for celebrating the struggles, triumphs and contributions of this nation’s African American citizens. Born in February were President Abraham ...
A statue of the four freshmen who led the sit-in at the lunch counter of a Woolworth ... resistance and marked an early success for the civil rights movement. But it would take until 1964 ...